Tuoba Shen sat in the car, looking at the classics arranged by the emperor before leaving Beijing, and from time to time looked at the chariots and horses winding on the road behind through the gauze curtains, the spear in the hands of the sergeant reflected the sunlight, and the flag was unfurled, and the tassels on the flag were urged by the breeze from time to time. The sunlight is obscured by the trees and the light and shadow cast on the people.

Today it has been thirty-six days since I left Pingcheng, and I have stopped and stopped along the way, passing through the counties along the way and needing supplies from time to time, and I have not reached the territory of Dingzhou until now. If it was a single horse, maybe it would have been to Xuzhou by now.

The reason why it is so slow, in fact, there is also the reason why he is now the main car, in order for this car to be smooth all the way, he has detoured three long distances along the way, and then in order to avoid more delay for this, he sent many people to the counties along the way to explore the road, and sent it to the people nearby, widening it in the narrow and difficult places, and adding pavement in the potholes, for which three brick and wood bridges were also built. When crossing the well path, in order not to spare the long road, hundreds of trees were burned in the forest to open the way.

If it weren't for the king's order to send an envoy this time, Tuoba Shen would have returned in shame. In his previous life, when he read history books, he also went on a trip for the emperor and dumped the treasury a little incomprehensibly, but now after experiencing it himself, he finally feels the same way. Is it any wonder that as soon as the ministers heard that the emperor was going to go on tour, they dissuaded them one by one?

He was a prince, this time the envoy passed through the local county, along the way too guarded, the county order took the local scholars and celebrities, waited in advance on the county border, invited him to live in a small place, at the beginning but only kind, agreed twice, and then felt that this is suspected of disturbing the place, if it is sued by someone with a heart, and then exaggerated the sue, saying that he is good at doing a good job in the people, in the fish and meat township, what should I do in the cruel county?

The emperor doesn't know whether he believes it or not, but he is afraid that the common people will like to believe it, and then hearsay, with false rumors, and processing, he will become a demon with a waist of ten girths, eating human flesh raw, and being able to stop children crying at night, and then his reputation will be stinky.

After that, Yu Zhong was asked to send people to the counties along the way to apply for orders, and they were not allowed to come to the road to meet them, nor were they allowed to levy labor to repair the road without authorization. After that, even try not to enter the city, only borrow in the temple along the way, meet the Taishou to worship, open the doors, and then Li Biao, Jiang Shaoyou, Zheng Daozhao and others to meet together, say a few polite words and then send away, meet the county order to see Liu Teng to send away. If it's a local scholar, see it. When leaving, they will only accept gifts of no more than 10 horses worth of silk, and will not participate in the welcome and send-off banquet. He didn't do this to make a good name, just to avoid telling the truth, and he really didn't have an interest in attending such social occasions frequently.

The prince is still like this, it is conceivable that the emperor went out on patrol, thousands of cars and horses, tens of thousands or even 100,000 people, along the way Shangzhou counties and counties heard the wind and moved, and the cost of hundreds of millions of dollars, not to mention the water purification along the way, the rest of the road These labors were levied, think about it, it is not too much to say that it is labor and money.

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In the past, you can go around some county towns without entering, but today you can't do this, six days ago after entering the Dingzhou border, you met the local clan at the Dingzhou Zhao County Border Station, Hebei surname Zhao County Li, the eldest son of Li Anshi of the Duke of Zhao County, according to Li Ling, he was ordered by his father and the clan to come here to greet Tuoba Shen. Li Anshi is a veteran minister of the court, he is forty-eight years old this year, and he used to serve as the host and guest commander who was often held by the Han scholars, and six years ago he was sent to serve as the assassin of Xiangzhou as an official in the affairs of the host and guest.

This is nothing, more importantly, Li Anshi's second wife is Tuoba Shen's aunt Princess Cangshui, who was originally born as the concubine of the king of Zong, and was later crowned a princess by the queen mother to marry Li Anshi. Originally, with Tuoba Shen's idea, even if the Li family didn't come to invite him, he would have to go and see it. Princess Cangshui married very early, and she has been away from Beijing for many years, and Tuoba Shen has not seen her a few times in ten years, although this aunt is not a real aunt like Princess Pengcheng, and has a natural sense of closeness. But after all, he is from the royal family, and now he has passed through Dingzhou, so he can't help but take a look.

Li Xuan is the eldest son of Li Anshi, but not the son of Princess Cangshui, his mother was born in the Boling Cui clan. The reason why he came here alone was because Princess Cangshui's two sons were too young.

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Thinking that he was going to the Li family today, but he didn't know anything about the situation of the Li family, the Li family was a big family, and they were divided into several rooms only in Pingjiao, and he didn't know which one was in front and which was behind. However, Li Ling went back a few days ago to inform Tuoba Shen of the news that he had agreed to go to Li's house, and now he had no choice but to ask.

In the midst of his distress, he heard a commotion in front of him, followed by the sound of horses' hooves galloping, and he didn't know what was happening. Immediately afterwards, the carriage also stopped, Tuoba Shen stood up, walked to the window and patted the wall of the car, and said, "Lu Qing went to the front and asked, why did you stop?" Now that it is getting dark, if you are not happy, I am afraid that you will not be able to enter the city until nightfall. ”

Lu Guang jumped out of the car, ran to the front for a while before coming over, and said, "It was General Yu who caught a robber who kidnapped a woman. ”

Bandits, hijacking women in the blue sky and daylight? This is the seat of Zhaojun County, not the chaotic place of front-line law and order in Xuzhou. Can bandits run rampant like this?

"Is the robber alive or dead?"

"I was hit in the shoulder by General Yu with an arrow and fell off the carriage, and General Yu has already asked someone to tie him up."

At this time, Yu Zhong and his two deputies and personal soldiers came over with a woman, the woman's clothes were slightly messy, her hair was a little messy, she looked like she was fourteen or fifteen years old, her posture was about seven points, and her dress was also very bright, but her face was a little pale at the moment, and her spirit was not so good. Probably frightened by the formation at the scene.

At this time, Li Biao, Zheng Daozhao and others who probably learned that something had happened also got out of the car one after another, they were not afraid that there would be any civil uprising or something, this is the Zhao County Governance Office, and there are also some garrisons nearby, and they have not heard of anything abnormal here before, otherwise the Li family would not dare to invite the second prince to their Li family as a guest.

Tuoba Shen saw Li Biao and the others get out of the car, and it just so happened that he also wanted to know what was going on with the kidnapping of the woman in the blue sky near Pingjiao City, so he also got out of the car, and the car was long, so it was good to move his muscles and bones.

"Yu Qing, do you know who the robber is?"

"This person has a hard spirit, and he was hit by an arrow from a subordinate official, and he neither begged for mercy nor spoke. The lower officials have already tied it up. Will it be handed over to the county guard of Zhao County after entering the city? ”

Yu Qing said very much. Since they are bandits here, they are imprisoned by the locality. After Tuoba Shen finished speaking, he looked at the woman who was a little scared and said, "I am an official, and the lady doesn't need to be afraid." Tuoba Shen pointed at Li Biao and said: "This is Li Gong, the secretary of the imperial court, through this place, what do you have to say, you might as well say that Li Gong knows." ”

Li Biao touched his beard and said in a timely manner: "If the lady has Chen, she can say it." "He is a secretary and can't manage local affairs, but if the second prince wants to pull his banner, he can only accept it.

The woman looked at Li Biao, and also felt that this person was quite generous, not like a villain, but she was frightened and still hadn't figured it out, she was still in a fog, she didn't know what to say, and she opened her mouth a few times, but she didn't know where to start.

Tuoba Shen looked at her a few times and stopped talking, and asked, "Is the little lady from Zhao County?" ”

"Yes...... The little girl's family has lived here for generations. ”

Looks like a local tyrant!

"Who is the Venerable Family?" After Tuoba asked carefully, he said, "If there is anything inconvenient to say, I won't force you to ask." If she doesn't say it, then forget it, anyway, this matter is the duty of the county official, and he is just curious, not wanting to meddle in local affairs.

"The little girl's ancestral home is Li's, and her ancestor is Julu Zhengong" The woman saw Tuoba Shen and the others with a pleasant color, and gradually calmed down, and her thoughts became slow and clear.

Li Hui, Tuoba Shen, Li Biao, Yu Zhong and others glanced at each other and thought to themselves.

Li Hui was the deputy general of Chang'an who used to intermarry with Wang Xi's family, and later Dongping Wang Daofu rebelled and killed him and the Yongzhou assassin at that time. This person has been dead for twenty-four years, and the emperor doesn't know him, let alone Tuoba Shen, but he is bored these days, and he found Zheng Daozhao and Li Biao to ask some about the Li family.